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Jun 3, 2021

ACLU-MN Sues Minneapolis, MPD on behalf of MNCOGI Over Policy that Hides Police Misconduct

The city of Minneapolis and its police department are willfully subverting our state’s Government Data Practices Act by withholding public data about disciplinary action taken against police for serious...

May 28, 2021

The Tulsa Race Massacre and the Violence of Forgetting

A horrific act of racism-fueled mob violence took place 100 years ago. Why don't more people know about it?

Two people explaining a sign that reads "the 1921 Tulsa Massacre" commemorating the original Black Wall Street

May 26, 2021

The People, Not the Police, Should Decide If and How Surveillance Technologies Are Used In Their Communities

Dayton and Detroit just passed CCOPS’ 20th and 21st laws nationwide — a milestone for surveillance tech transparency and empowering communities.

May 25, 2021

The Movement to End Police Violence 1-Year after George Floyd’s Murder

One year ago today, George Floyd was brutally murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sparking the largest protests in American history. What has changed in the year since Floyd’s murder and that...